Driver in Walmart viral car damage video identified

The driver in a viral video in which a car was driven repeatedly into the barricades at a Jackson Walmart has been identified.

Jackson Police Department spokesman Sgt. Roderick Holmes said Sedric Gardner, 31, was the driver of the vehicle in the video.

Holmes said Sunday night "there was some type of agreement over this particular vehicle between two parties, and they started to disagree about it."

Holmes said the original owner of the car wanted it back, so Gardner allegedly decided he would give it back when he was done altering the appearance of it.

"The person in possession of the car didn’t see eye to eye with them, so they made the decision that if they were going to get the car back, they’d get it back damaged," he said.

Walmart declined to press charges, Holmes said, because there was very little damage to the barricades. Gardner was arrested and had prior fines, but he was not charged in the incident, since it is essentially a civil situation.